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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between George Moshington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moshington comes to the cage accompanied by Common Enemny - Pit Trilogy. Sanchez has chosen Do You Feel It? as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Moshington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sanchez throws an off balance right hand
and Moshington counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Moshington scores with a hook.
Moshington looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Moshington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Sanchez staying out of range there.
Sanchez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Moshington scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez connects with a nice looking jab.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moshington misses with a wild body shot.
Moshington pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A swing and a miss from Moshington.
Moshington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez connects with a jab.
Moshington rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sanchez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sanchez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sanchez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Moshington scores with a punch to the head.
Sanchez swings widly with a right hand
and Moshington counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Moshington.
Moshington throws an off balance right hand
and Sanchez makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sanchez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Moshington slips a straight right by Sanchez.
Sanchez scores with a hook to the body. Moshington takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A jab from Sanchez finds it's way through Moshington's defenses.
Sanchez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Moshington sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sanchez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Moshington.
Moshington moves out of range of the body kick.
Moshington throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Moshington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanchez.
A slow jab from Moshington misses its intended target.
George Moshington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moshington takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Moshington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Moshington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanchez.
Moshington clobbers Sanchez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moshington misses with a hook. Sanchez ducked under it nicely.
Moshington has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sanchez.
Nice uppercut there from Sanchez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez staying out of range there.
Sanchez throws a low kick but Moshington moves out of range easily.
Moshington swings widly with a right hand
and Sanchez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sanchez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Moshington finds it's way round the side to connect with Sanchez's head.
Moshington misses with a looping left.
Sanchez has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanchez is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Moshington had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Sanchez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sanchez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Moshington.
Moshington misses with a jab to the body
and Sanchez counters with a left to the body.
Moshington scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice shot by Sanchez.
Moshington walks into a left hand.
Moshington swings widly with a right hand
and Sanchez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Moshington looks to land a left hand but Sanchez moved out of range nicely.
Sanchez throws out a counter right but Moshington avoids it with no problem.
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Moshington was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moshington misses with a two punch combination.
Sanchez digs a good hook to Moshington's body.
Moshington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Moshington throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Moshington thows a left - swing and a miss!
Moshington takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez throws out a counter right but Moshington avoids it with no problem.
Moshington misses with a left hand
and Sanchez counters with a low kick, right behind Moshington 's knee.
Moshington moves out of range of the body kick from Sanchez.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sanchez.
Moshington scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sanchez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Moshington connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sanchez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Moshington at a distance.
Good standup being displayed there by Sanchez as he connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moshington misses with an uppercut
and Sanchez counters with a nice uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Moshington.
Sanchez avoids the body shot from Moshington.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Moshington's head backwards.
Moshington misses the body punch
and Sanchez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Moshington's knee momentarily.
Moshington misses the shot to the body.
Sanchez scores with a leg kick.
Sanchez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sanchez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Moshington misses with a hook.
Moshington with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sanchez to score with a decent uppercut.
Moshington falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Sanchez to counter with a crisp jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Moshington blocks the leg kick.
Moshington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Moshington misses with a left hand
and Sanchez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Moshington is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moshington connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sanchez momentarily.
Sanchez throws out a loose jab but Moshington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanchez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Moshington looks to land a left hand but Sanchez moved out of range nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rick Sanchez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Moshington tries to bum rush Sanchez with a series of wild strikes but Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Moshington uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sanchez lands the left hand.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Moshington.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sanchez! But no joy.
A combination from Moshington does no damage.
Rick Sanchez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Moshington misses with an uppercut. Sanchez saw that one coming.
Sanchez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sanchez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Moshington moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Moshington ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Moshington connects with a body shot that sends Sanchez's belly button to the back.
Moshington just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez throws out a counter right but Moshington avoids it with no problem.
Moshington throws a body shot but no joy.
Moshington misses with a straight right.
Moshington takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice body kick from Sanchez.
Moshington misses with a shot to the body
and Sanchez counters with an inside leg kick.
Sanchez lands with an overhand left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Sanchez. Beautiful body shot.
Sanchez lands a leg kick that knocks Moshington off balance momentarily.
Sanchez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moshington.
Moshington misses with a looping left.
Moshington takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sanchez cracks Moshington with a good jab.
Moshington misses with a hook
and Sanchez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Moshington is rocked!
Sanchez looks to throw the jab but Moshington is out of range.
Oh Moshington is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Moshington stuns Sanchez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Moshington seems to have got his legs back now.
Sanchez punishes Moshington's body with a nice straight punch.
Moshington misses with an uppercut.
Moshington misses with an uppercut
and Sanchez counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moshington throws a shot from downtown. Sanchez moves away and avoids it.
Nice uppercut lands for Moshington. That snapped Sanchez's head back.
Moshington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a chopping leg kick but Moshington manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Moshington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a low kick as Moshington jumps back.
Some bone on bone action there as Moshington checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sanchez lands with a good body shot.
Moshington bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Moshington throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Moshington lands a jab to Sanchez's midsection.
Nice jab there from Moshington.
Sanchez throws an off balance right hand
and Moshington makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Moshington throws a lazy uppercut
and Sanchez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Moshington has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sanchez.
Moshington looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Moshington throws a right hand that misses
and Sanchez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Moshington throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanchez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Moshington might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Moshington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moshington manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sanchez.
Moshington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moshington looks to throw the jab but Sanchez is out of range.
Moshington moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSanchez.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sanchez cracks Moshington with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Moshington misses with a wild body shot.
Sanchez lands a really nice looking cross but Moshington seems unphased.
Moshington jabs Sanchez right on the nose. Sanchez blinks but takes it well.
Moshington missing with a left hand there. Sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanchez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Moshington misses with a body shot.
Moshington swings for the body but Sanchez moves out of range.
Moshington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Sanchez scores with a nice head shot.
Moshington throws a poor cross that misses
and Sanchez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Moshington throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moshington connects with a body shot.
Sanchez swings for the body but Moshington moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Sanchez - just one landing.
Moshington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Sanchez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sanchez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sanchez slips a jab and a cross from Moshington.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Moshington.
A looping hook to the body misses from Moshington. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Moshington throws a big shot that misses.
Sanchez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Moshington scores with a sloppy right hand. Sanchez should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moshington throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sanchez counters with a head kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Moshington, as that shot connected.
Moshington throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sanchez throws a head kick but Moshington moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rick Sanchez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Moshington uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sanchez has time to react.
Sanchez lands a two punch combo.
Moshington misses with a looping left.
Moshington looks to throw the jab but Sanchez is out of range.
Sanchez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd cheers as Moshington lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sanchez doesn't seem phased though.
Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Moshington.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Moshington throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sanchez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Moshington throws out the jab.
Sanchez throws a low kick but Moshington avoids it.
Moshington fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Nice uppercut lands for Sanchez. That snapped Moshington's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moshington moves out of range of the strikes.
Moshington takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
Moshington's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sanchez under the eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Moshington blocks the leg kick.
Moshington throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Moshington scores with a nice right hand.
Sanchez throws a body punch but Moshington moves out of range.
Moshington takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Moshington avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
Moshington lands with an overhand left.
Moshington misses with a body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sanchez.
Moshington rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Moshington takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Moshington jabs at Sanchez's body.
Moshington takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Moshington misses.
Moshington misses with a looping right.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Sanchez misses the target.
George Moshington has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a straight right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moshington fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Moshington throws a looping overhand right but Sanchez ducks down to avoid it.
Moshington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Moshington misses with a hook to the body
and Sanchez counters with an inside leg kick.
Sanchez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moshington manages to avoid it.
Sanchez throws a looping overhand right but Moshington ducks down to avoid it.
Moshington scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sanchez slips a straight right by Moshington.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Moshington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Moshington misses with an uppercut.
Moshington throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanchez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanchez is looking to slow Moshington down with leg kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moshington connects with a body shot that sends Sanchez's belly button to the back.
Moshington misses with a left hand
and Sanchez counters with an inside leg kick.
Moshington is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sanchez.
Sanchez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Moshington.
Moshington walks into a stiff left hand from Sanchez.
Sanchez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice body kick from Sanchez.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Moshington wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sanchez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Moshington missing with a left hand there. Sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanchez now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Moshington tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Moshington scores with a jab to the jaw.
Moshington takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sanchez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moshington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Sanchez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Moshington.
Sanchez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Moshington swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Moshington cracks a nice hook into Sanchez's ribs.
That kick from Sanchez tenderised Moshington's leg. Moshington is trying to keep his angry face on.
Moshington avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
A jab from Moshington finds it's way through Sanchez's defenses.
Sanchez wants to land a leg kick but Moshington is out of range.
Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Moshington tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanchez's elbow.
Sanchez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Moshington or not.
Moshington doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Moshington's elbow.
Sanchez scores with a shoulder strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rick Sanchez.
Well Sanchez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Rick Sanchez!
In his post fight interview, Rick Sanchez started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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